For Veteran's Day, Adopt a Deployed Servicewoman Through Ladies of Liberty

Veterans Day is celebrated with parades, a day off from school, the closing of government offices, wreaths laid on graves, and tributes to the women and men who've served our country in the past. Those are important gestures, but like other holidays that exhort us to be mindful of a particular thing (gratitude on Thanksgiving, peace and goodwill to all on Christmas, pesonal resolutions on New Year's Day), wouldn't it be better if we could extend the practice throughout the year?

And why don't we have an Active Serviceperson's Day? Why do we only remember sacrifice and service to our country when the deed is long past?

You can say "thank you" to deployed servicewomen in a very tangible way through Soldier's Angels, a non-profit with the motto "May No Soldier Go Unloved. " Its Ladies of Liberty team is dedicated to meeting the unique health and hygiene needs of servicewomen through gender-specific programs to connect women with each other.

This Veteran's Day, consider adopting a servicewoman. As a Ladies of Liberty 'Angel,' you can provide her with personal care items, haircare products, leisure materials and pampering products.

These small things mean a lot:

I have been receiving the most wonderful packages for over a month now from Soldiers' Angels and I just wanna say that it truly is a blessing to open the cards and the letters and all of the boxes. I love the letters. They make me soo happy.  I even got birthday cards for my 19th b-day in the mail! It almost brought me to tears. I was so thankful, so I just wanted to take a moment to say....[t]hank you soo, soo much. - PVT Cassandara

Thank you Cassandara and all servicewomen past and present. You are trailblazers in what many still regard as 'a man's world,' and your hard work and dedication are appreciated today and every day by those of us back home.

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